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Donald Knuth
|Donald Ervin Knuth
Donald Knuth at a reception for the Open Content Alliance, October 25, 2005
January 10, 1938
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
Computer science
|Stanford University
|Alma mater
Case Institute of Technology (B.S.; M.S., 1960 )
California Institute of Technology (Ph.D., 1963)
|Finite Semifields and Projective Planes (1963)
|Doctoral advisor
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|Doctoral students
Leonidas J. Guibas
Michael Fredman
Scott Kim
Vaughan Pratt
Robert Sedgewick
Jeffrey Vitter
Andrei Broder
|Known for
The Art of Computer Programming
TeX, METAFONT
Knuth–Morris–Pratt algorithm
Knuth–Bendix completion algorithm
Robinson–Schensted–Knuth correspondence
|Notable awards
Grace Murray Hopper Award (1971)
Turing Award (1974)
National Medal of Science (1979)
John von Neumann Medal (1995)
Harvey Prize (1995)
Kyoto Prize (1996)
Computer History Museum Fellow (1998) [1]
Faraday Medal (2011)
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2010)
Donald E. Knuth
Donald Ervin Knuth (/kəˈnuːθ/[2] kə-NOOTH; born January 10, 1938) is an American computer scientist, mathematician, and professor emeritus at Stanford University.[3]
He is the author of the multi-volume work The Art of Computer Programming.[4] Knuth has been called the "father of the analysis of algorithms".[5] He contributed to the development of the rigorous analysis of the computational complexity of algorithms and systematized formal mathematical techniques for it. In the process he also popularized the asymptotic notation. In addition to fundamental contributions in several branches of theoretical computer science, Knuth is the creator of the TeX computer typesetting system, the related METAFONT font definition language and rendering system, and the Computer Modern family of typefaces.
As a writer and scholar,[6] Knuth created the WEB and CWEB computer programming systems designed to encourage and facilitate literate programming, and designed the MIX/MMIX instruction set architectures. As a member of the academic and scientific community, Knuth is strongly opposed to the policy of granting software patents.[7] He has expressed his disagreement directly to both the United States Patent and Trademark Office and European Patent Organization.[8]
- 1 Early life
- 2 Education
- 3 Early work
- 4 Writings
- 5 Health concerns
- 6 Computer musings
- 7 Humor
- 8 Awards
- 9 Works
- 10 Gallery
- 11 See also
- 12 References
- 13 Bibliography
- 14 External links
Early life
Knuth was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where his father owned a small printing business and taught bookkeeping at Milwaukee Lutheran High School, where Donald enrolled, earning achievement awards. He applied his intelligence in unconventional ways, winning a contest when he was in eighth grade by finding over 4,500 words that could be formed from the letters in "Ziegler's Giant Bar"; the judges had only about 2,500 words on their master list. This won him a television set for his school and enough candy bars for his entire school.[9]
Knuth had a difficult time choosing physics over music as his major at Case Institute of Technology (now part of Case Western Reserve University). He also joined Beta Nu Chapter of the Theta Chi fraternity. While studying physics at the Case Institute of Technology, Knuth was introduced to the IBM 650, one of the early mainframes. After reading the computer's manual, Knuth decided to rewrite the assembly and compiler code for the machine used in his school, because he believed he could do it better.[10] In 1958, Knuth constructed a program based on the value of each player that could help his school basketball team win the league. This was so novel a proposition at the time that it got picked up and published by Newsweek and also covered by Walter Cronkite on the CBS Evening News.[10] Knuth was one of the founding editors of the Engineering and Science Review, which won a national award as best technical magazine in 1959.[11] He then switched from physics to mathematics, and in 1960 he received his bachelor of science degree, simultaneously being given a master of science degree by a special award of the faculty who considered his work exceptionally outstanding.[10][12]
In 1963, he earned a PhD in mathematics (his advisor was Marshall Hall) from the California Institute of Technology.[13]
Early work
On receiving his PhD, Knuth joined Caltech's faculty as an associate professor.
He accepted a commission to write a book on computer programming language compilers. While working on this project, Knuth decided that he could not adequately treat the topic without first developing a fundamental theory of computer programming, which became The Art of Computer Programming. He originally planned to publish this as a single book. As Knuth developed his outline for the book, he concluded that he required six volumes, and then seven, to thoroughly cover the subject. He published the first volume in 1968.
Just before publishing the first volume of The Art of Computer Programming, Knuth left Caltech to accept employment with the Institute for Defense Analyses' Communications Research Division, then situated on the Princeton University campus, which was performing mathematical research in cryptography to support the National Security Agency.
Knuth then left this position to join the Stanford University faculty.
The Art of Computer Programming (TAOCP)
Computer science was then taking its first hesitant steps. "It was a totally new field," Knuth recalls, "with no real identity. And the standard of available publications was not that high. A lot of the papers coming out were quite simply wrong. [...] So one of my motivations was to put straight a story that had been very badly told."
After producing the third volume of his series in 1976, he expressed such frustration with the nascent state of the then newly developed electronic publishing tools (especially those that provided input to phototypesetters) that he took time out to work on typesetting and created the TeX and METAFONT tools.
As of 2013[update], the first three volumes and part one of volume four of his series have been published.[14] Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science 2nd ed., which originated with an expansion of the mathematical preliminaries section of Volume 1 of TAoCP, has also been published.
Other works
He is also the author of Surreal Numbers,[15] a mathematical novelette on John Conway's set theory construction of an alternate system of numbers. Instead of simply explaining the subject, the book seeks to show the development of the mathematics. Knuth wanted the book to prepare students for doing original, creative research.
In 1995, Knuth wrote the foreword to the book A=B by Marko Petkovsek, Herbert Wilf and Doron Zeilberger.[16] Knuth is also an occasional contributor of language puzzles to Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics.
Religious beliefs and work
In addition to his writings on computer science, Knuth, a Lutheran,[17] is also the author of 3:16 Bible Texts Illuminated,[18] in which he examines the Bible by a process of systematic sampling, namely an analysis of chapter 3, verse 16 of each book. Each verse is accompanied by a rendering in calligraphic art, contributed by a group of calligraphers under the leadership of Hermann Zapf.
Subsequently he was invited to give a set of lectures on his 3:16 project, resulting in another book, Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About, where he published the lectures "God and Computer Science".
Health concerns
In 2006, Knuth was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He underwent surgery in December that year and started "a little bit of radiation therapy... as a precaution but the prognosis looks pretty good", as he reported in his video autobiography.[19]
Computer musings
Knuth gives informal lectures a few times a year at Stanford University, which he called Computer Musings. He is a visiting professor at the Oxford University Department of Computer Science in the United Kingdom and an Honorary Fellow of Magdalen College.[20][21]
Knuth used to pay a finder's fee of $2.56 for any typographical errors or mistakes discovered in his books, because "256 pennies is one hexadecimal dollar", and $0.32 for "valuable suggestions". According to an article in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Technology Review, these Knuth reward checks are "among computerdom's most prized trophies". Knuth had to stop sending real checks in 2008 due to bank fraud, and instead now gives each error finder a "certificate of deposit" from a publicly listed balance in his fictitious "Bank of San Serriffe".[22]
He once warned a correspondent, "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."[23]
Knuth published his first "scientific" article in a school magazine in 1957 under the title "Potrzebie System of Weights and Measures." In it, he defined the fundamental unit of length as the thickness of Mad No. 26, and named the fundamental unit of force "whatmeworry." Mad published the article in issue No. 33 (June 1957).[24]
To demonstrate the concept, Knuth intentionally referred "Circular definition" and "Definition, circular" to each other in the index of The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1.
At the TUG 2010 Conference, Knuth announced an XML-based successor to TeX, titled "iTeX" (pronounced [iː˨˩˦tɛks˧˥], with a bell ringing), which would support features such as arbitrarily scaled irrational units, 3D printing, animation, and stereophonic sound.[25][26][27]
In 1971, Knuth was the recipient of the first ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award. He has received various other awards including the Turing Award, the National Medal of Science, the John von Neumann Medal, and the Kyoto Prize.
In recognition of Knuth's contributions to the field of computer science, in 1990 he was awarded the one-of-a-kind academic title of Professor of The Art of Computer Programming, which has since been revised to Professor Emeritus of The Art of Computer Programming.
Knuth was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1975. In 1992, he became an associate of the French Academy of Sciences. Also that year, he retired from regular research and teaching at Stanford University in order to finish The Art of Computer Programming. In 2003 he was elected as a foreign member of the Royal Society.
Knuth was elected as a Fellow (first class of Fellows) of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in 2009 for his outstanding contributions to mathematics.[28] He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[29] In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[30]
Honors bestowed on Knuth include:
- First ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award, 1971
- Turing Award, 1974
- Lester R. Ford Award, 1975[31] and 1993[32]
- Josiah Willard Gibbs Lecturer, 1978[33][34]
- National Medal of Science, 1979
- Franklin Medal, 1988
- John von Neumann Medal, 1995
- Harvey Prize from the Technion, 1995[35]
- Kyoto Prize, 1996
- Fellow of the Computer History Museum "for his fundamental early work in the history of computing algorithms, development of the TeX typesetting language, and for major contributions to mathematics and computer science." 1998[1]
- Katayanagi Prize, 2010[36]
- BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the category of Information and Communication Technologies, 2010[37]
- Stanford University School of Engineering Hero Award, 2011[38]
A short list of his works:[39]
The Art of Computer Programming
- ——— (1997), The Art of Computer Programming, 1: Fundamental Algorithms (3rd ed.), Addison-Wesley Professional, ISBN 0-201-89683-4.
- ——— (1997), The Art of Computer Programming, 2: Seminumerical Algorithms (3rd ed.), Addison-Wesley Professional, ISBN 0-201-89684-2.
- ——— (1998), The Art of Computer Programming, 3: Sorting and Searching (2nd ed.), Addison-Wesley Professional, ISBN 0-201-89685-0.
- ——— (2011), The Art of Computer Programming, 4A: Combinatorial Algorithms, Addison-Wesley Professional, ISBN 0-201-03804-8.
- ——— (2005), MMIX—A RISC Computer for the New Millennium, 1, Fascicle 1, ISBN 0-201-85392-2.
- ——— (2008), The Art of Computer Programming, 4, Fascicle 0: Introduction to Combinatorial Algorithms and Boolean Functions, ISBN 0-321-53496-4.
- ——— (2009), The Art of Computer Programming, 4, Fascicle 1: Bitwise Tricks & Techniques; Binary Decision Diagrams, ISBN 0-321-58050-8.
- ——— (2005), The Art of Computer Programming, 4, Fascicle 2: Generating All Tuples and Permutations, ISBN 0-201-85393-0.
- ——— (2005), The Art of Computer Programming, 4, Fascicle 3: Generating All Combinations and Partitions, ISBN 0-201-85394-9.
- ——— (2006), The Art of Computer Programming, 4, Fascicle 4: Generating All Trees—History of Combinatorial Generation, ISBN 0-321-33570-8.
Computers & Typesetting
- ——— (1984), Computers & Typesetting, A, The TeXbook, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-13447-0, x+483pp.
- ——— (1986), Computers & Typesetting, B, TeX: The Program, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-13437-3, xviii+600pp.
- ——— (1986), Computers & Typesetting, C, The METAFONTbook, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-13445-4, xii+361pp.
- ——— (1986), Computers & Typesetting, D, METAFONT: The Program, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-13438-1, xviii+566pp.
- ——— (1986), Computers & Typesetting, E, Computer Modern Typefaces, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, xvi+588pp.
Selected papers
- ——— (1992), Literate Programming[40], Lecture Notes (27), Stanford, CA: Center for the Study of Language and Information—CSLI, ISBN 0-937073-80-6.
- ——— (1996), Selected Papers on Computer Science[41], Lecture Notes (59), Stanford, CA: Center for the Study of Language and Information—CSLI, ISBN 1-881526-91-7.
- ——— (1999), Digital Typography[42], Lecture Notes (78), Stanford, CA: Center for the Study of Language and Information—CSLI, ISBN 1-57586-010-4.
- ——— (2000), Selected Papers on Analysis of Algorithms[43], Lecture Notes (102), Stanford, CA: Center for the Study of Language and Information—CSLI, ISBN 1-57586-212-3.
- ——— (2003), Selected Papers on Computer Languages[44] (CLOTH), Lecture Notes (139), Stanford, CA: Center for the Study of Language and Information—CSLI, ISBN 1-57586-381-2, ISBN 1-57586-382-0 (paperback)
- ——— (2003), Selected Papers on Discrete Mathematics[45] (CLOTH), Lecture Notes (106), Stanford, CA: Center for the Study of Language and Information—CSLI, ISBN 1-57586-249-2, ISBN 1-57586-248-4 (paperback).
- Donald E. Knuth, Selected Papers on Design of Algorithms[46] (Stanford, California: Center for the Study of Language and Information—CSLI Lecture Notes, no. 191), 2010. ISBN 1-57586-583-1 (cloth), ISBN 1-57586-582-3 (paperback)
- Donald E. Knuth, Selected Papers on Fun and Games[47] (Stanford, California: Center for the Study of Language and Information—CSLI Lecture Notes, no. 192), 2011. ISBN 978-1-57586-585-0 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-57586-584-3 (paperback)
- Donald E. Knuth, Companion to the Papers of Donald Knuth[48] (Stanford, California: Center for the Study of Language and Information—CSLI Lecture Notes, no. 202), 2011. ISBN 978-1-57586-635-2 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-57586-634-5 (paperback)
- Graham, Ronald L; Knuth, Donald E.; Patashnik, Oren (1994), Concrete mathematics: A foundation for computer science (Second ed.), Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-55802-5, MR 1397498 xiv+657 pp.
- Knuth, Donald Ervin (1974), Surreal numbers: how two ex-students turned on to pure mathematics and found total happiness: a mathematical novelette, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 978-0-201-03812-5[49]
- Donald E. Knuth, The Stanford GraphBase: A Platform for Combinatorial Computing (New York, ACM Press) 1993. second paperback printing 2009. ISBN 0-321-60632-9
- Donald E. Knuth, 3:16 Bible Texts Illuminated (Madison, Wisconsin: A-R Editions), 1990. ISBN 0-89579-252-4
- Donald E. Knuth, Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About (Center for the Study of Language and Information—CSLI Lecture Notes no 136), 2001. ISBN 1-57586-326-X
- Donald Knuth DSC00624.jpg
Donald Knuth, March 4, 2005
- Donald Knuth in front of statue St. Mesrop Mashtots (inventor of the Armenian, Georgian and Caucasian Albanian alphabets in the 4th century), Matenadaran, Yerevan, Armenia, June 2006, LA.jpg
Donald Knuth in front of statue St. Mesrop Mashtots, Matenadaran, Yerevan, Armenia, June 9, 2006
- Shustek, Russell, Alcorn, Knuth, Wozniak, Mathews, Allen, CHM 2011 2.jpg
Shustek, Russell, Alcorn, Knuth, Wozniak, Mathews, Allen, CHM 2011
- Donald Knuth, Steve Wozniak, CHM 2011.jpg
Donald Knuth, Steve Wozniak, CHM 2011
See also
- Asymptotic notation
- Attribute grammar
- Dancing Links
- Knuth–Bendix completion algorithm
- Knuth–Morris–Pratt algorithm
- Knuth -yllion
- Knuth Prize
- Knuth shuffle
- Knuth's up-arrow notation
- Man or boy test
- Robinson–Schensted–Knuth correspondence
- The Complexity of Songs
- Trabb Pardo–Knuth algorithm
- List of science and religion scholars
- ^ a b "Donald Knuth: 1998 Fellow". Computer History Museum. 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
- ^ Knuth, Donald Ervin. "Frequently Asked Questions". Home page. Stanford University. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
How do you pronounce your last name? Ka-NOOTH.
- ^ Knuth, Donald Ervin, Home page, Stanford University.
- ^ The Art of Computer Programming, Stanford University.
- ^ Karp, Richard M. (February 1986), "Combinatorics, Complexity, and Randomness", Communications of the ACM (New York, NY, USA: ACM) 29 (2): 98–109, doi:10.1145/5657.5658
- ^ Knuth, Donald Ervin, Curriculum vitae, Stanford University.
- ^ "Professor Donald Knuth's Thinking Against Software Patents" (PDF), Notices (article) (The American Mathematical Society), March 2002.
- ^ Knuth, Donald Ervin, Against software patents (PDF) (Letters) to the patent offices in the USA and Europe.
- ^ Shasha, Dennis Elliott; Lazere, Cathy A (1998), Out of their minds: the lives and discoveries of 15 great computer scientists, Springer, p. 90, ISBN 978-0-387-98269-4
- ^ a b c Koshy, Thomas (2004), Discrete mathematics with applications, Academic Press, p. 244, ISBN 978-0-12-421180-3, retrieved July 30, 2011
- ^ "History of Beta Nu Chapter", The Tachi, CWRU.
- ^ A.M. Turing Award; Donald ("Don") Erwin Knuth, ACM, 1974.
- ^ Knuth, Donald Ervin (1963), Finite Semifields and Projective Planes (PDF) (PhD dissertation), Caltech.
- ^ Knuth, Donald Ervin. "The Art of Computer Programming (TAOCP)". Retrieved May 20, 2012.
- ^ Knuth 1974.
- ^ Zeilberg, DEK, Rutgers.
- ^ Platoni 2006.
- ^ Knuth, Donald Ervin (1991), 3:16 : Bible texts illuminated, Madison, WI: A-R Eds, ISBN 978-0-89579-252-5
- ^ "Donald Knuth: 85 – Coping with cancer". Web of Stories. April 2006. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
- ^ "Professor Donald Knuth". Magdalen College. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
- ^ "Notices". Oxford University Gazette. October 30, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
- ^ "Rewriting the Bible in 0s and 1s", Technology Review (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
- ^ Knuth, Donald Ervin. "Frequently Asked Questions". Home page. Stanford University. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
- ^ Knuth, Donald Ervin (June 1957), "Potrzebie System of Weights & Measures", Mad Magazine (33).
- ^ "Don Knuth", TUG (conference), Zeeba TV, 2010.
- ^ Knuth, Donald Ervin, An Earth‐shaking announcement (VIDEO) (recording), Zeeba TV.
- ^ Knuth, Donald Ervin (2010), "An Earthshaking Announcement" (PDF), TUGboat 31 (2): 121–24, ISSN 0896-3207
- ^ Fellows, Siam, 2009.
- ^ "Gruppe 1: Matematiske fag" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
- ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-01-27.
- ^ Knuth, D. E. (1974). "Computer science and its relation to mathematics". Amer. Math. Monthly 81: 323–343. doi:10.2307/2318994.
- ^ Knuth, D. E. (1992). "Two notes on notation". Amer. Math. Monthly 99: 403–422. doi:10.2307/2325085.
- ^ Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectures
- ^ Knuth, Donald E. (1979). "Mathematical typography". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S.) 1 (2): 337–372. MR 520078. doi:10.1090/s0273-0979-1979-14598-1.
- ^ Harvey, IL: Technion, 1995.
- ^ Katayanagi, CMU.
- ^ "Galardonados", Fronteras (in Spanish), ES: FBBVA, 2010.
- ^ Myers, Andrew (June 1, 2001). "Stanford's Don Knuth, a pioneering hero of computer programming". Stanford Report. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
- ^ Knuth, Donald Ervin, "Books", Home page (list).
- ^ Knuth, Donald Ervin, "Literate Programming", Home page.
- ^ Knuth, Donald Ervin, "Selected Papers on Computer Science", Home page.
- ^ Knuth, Donald Ervin, "Digital Typography", Home page.
- ^ Knuth, Donald Ervin, "Selected Papers on Analysis of Algorithms", Home page.
- ^ Knuth, Donald Ervin, "Selected Papers on Computer Languages", Home page.
- ^ Knuth, Donald Ervin, "Selected Papers on Discrete Mathematics", Home page.
- ^ Knuth, Donald Ervin, "Selected Papers on Design of Algorithms", Home page.
- ^ Knuth, Donald Ervin, "Selected Papers on Fun and Games", Home page.
- ^ Knuth, Donald Ervin, "Companion to the Papers of Donald Knuth"]", Home page
- ^ Knuth, Donald Ervin, "Surreal numbers", Home page.
- Knuth, Donald Ervin, Home page, Stanford University.
- Knuth, Donald Ervin. "The Art of Computer Programming (TAOCP)". Retrieved May 20, 2012.
- Platoni, Kara (May–June 2006), Archibald, Timothy photogr, "Love at First Byte", Stanford Magazine (Stanford Alumni). A retrospective of Knuth's life and work, with some rare, recent photos.
External links
|Wikiquote has quotations related to: Donald Knuth
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Donald Ervin Knuth.
- Donald Knuth's home page at Stanford University.
- Donald E. Knuth (INTERVIEW) (oral history), Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota. Knuth discusses software patenting, structured programming, collaboration and his development of TeX.
- Donald Knuth at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Donald Knuth", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
- Works by or about Donald Knuth in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Knuth, Donald Ervin, Lectures (Archive), Stanford.
- List of publications from Microsoft Academic Search
- Donald Knuth's publications indexed by the DBLP Bibliography Server at the University of Trier
- Interview at Stanford University "Donald Knuth – All Questions Answered" on YouTube
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Rosemary Higley 1943-2012
Rosemary Arlene (Potee) Higley age 69 of Emmetsburg passed away at the Spencer Hospital on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 at 3:55 p.m. after valiantly fighting cancer.
She was born June 21, 1943 in the Spencer Hospital to Donald LaVerne and Arlene Phyllis (Crone) Potee. They lived in Sioux City and at a young age moved to Ayrshire where she graduated from Ayrshire Consolidated School in May of 1961. She graduated from the Personnel Training Institute in Omaha, NE in August of 1961. She was offered a position with the CIA in Washington, DC, but chose to work for Western Union in New York City since they paid better! After a couple of years, Rosemary returned to Palo Alto County where she was the Deputy County Auditor. She then moved to San Francisco to work for a life insurance company. In September 1967, she moved to Omaha where she was the office manager for a vending company.
On May 4, 1968, she married Patrick Joseph Higley in St. Peter's Catholic Church in Omaha, NE. In August of 1969 when Sherre was born, she decided to be a stay-at-home mom. In June 1971, Troy was born, then Vin in March of 1974. Patrick and Rosemary were also foster parents for nine children. In July 1976, they moved to Emmetsburg, where they farmed and managed their rental property. After retiring from farming, they moved to town in 2002. Rosemary loved to swim, sew, crochet, bake, garden, and hold grandbabies.
She was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa at the age of 28 which caused her blindness. She belonged to two Iowa state boards for the blind: the Independent Living Advisory Committee and Friends of the Iowa Library for the Blind. Rosemary's first diagnosis of cancer was in 2008 which she overcame and was cancer free for four years. Rosemary was a very caring person. After her death, even though she was blind, she was actually able to donate her eyes to give others the gift of sight!
She is survived by Patrick; her loving, dedicated husband of 44 years; her children: Sherre Johnson CPA (Brian) of Pocahontas, Dr. Troy Higley (Josephine CPA) of Zumbrota, MN, and Dr. Vincent Higley (Dr. Tracy) of Nebraska City, NE; grandchildren: Bailey, Chenney, Hattie, Kinzie, Asher and Lincoln Johnson and Sydney and William Higley; siblings: Dallas H. Crone (Irene) of Laurens, Lois I. Moody (John, deceased) of Carlsbad, CA, John L. Potee (Charlene) of Thayne, WY, Jean A. Alexander (James, deceased) of Des Moines, and Joan A. Baldwin of Fort Madison. She is also survived by many nieces, nephews and wonderful friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents and brother, Donald R. "Rick" Potee.
Visitation will be Saturday, Oct. 13, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. with the Memorial Service starting at 2 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Emmetsburg, Louie Gallo officiating.
Inurnment at Evergreen Cemetery in Emmetsburg will follow the service. Martin-Mattice Funeral Home is handling all the arrangements.
Condolences can be left at www.martinmatticefuneralhome.com

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Beachhead - What Is the Value of Software?
As someone who has spent a fair amount of time on or around the sea, I always enjoy looking at boats and ships—and comparing them with canned corn.
Canned corn is a commodity. Although we may appreciate what companies go through to select the corn, clean it, can it and move it to store shelves, for the most part, one can of corn is exactly like another can of corn. No consumers spend too much time standing in front of the canned corn shelves at their store, wondering whether a particular brand would be better for their family than another one. They select a can and move on. As I said, canned corn is a commodity.
This is not the case with boats. Although most people would expect any given boat to float, different designs of boats meet different needs. There are sailboats, power boats, tugboats, and different models of each of these types. Each model of boat has a slightly different design based on the needs of the captain, crew and business.
Just as most people would not spend hours in front of a shelf deciding on which can of corn to buy, most people would not run down to the yacht broker, throw a suitcase of money on the dock and say that they would take any boat the broker had in stock.
And, although the total cost of ownership of the boat must be taken into consideration, the real determining factor in buying a boat is whether it meets your needs, the pay-back period on the purchase, and whether you could modify the boat to meet future desires.
In other words, the boat is not a commodity.
These days, you hear a lot about the operating system being a "commodity", or that "no one cares about the operating system". I believe that this broad generalization, like a lot of broad generalizations, fails under many circumstances. Let's see where this particular generalization runs aground.
A bank in Brazil had automatic teller machines (ATMs). The operating system that it used in these ATMs was OS/2. The company that made OS/2 was "retiring" OS/2, and the bank would no longer be able to get the support it needed for new motherboards, device drivers and so forth. The ATMs used Intel 386, 486 and low-end Pentiums as CPUs, with varying amounts of main memory, disk sizes and other differences, reflecting a long time line of development and deployment.
The bank decided to use Linux as its new operating system, because it supported all the different CPUs, and the bank would be able to maintain it or expand on it into the far future. Here, the value of the operating system was in its potential longevity.
A lottery system, also in Brazil, decided to use Linux and free and open-source software inside the lottery terminals. It was replacing software from a proprietary vendor who had taken months to deploy requested changes to the lottery system. With a local development team, these deployment schedules dropped from months to weeks. This generated millions of dollars of additional revenue, as the new features could be delivered faster. The value here was the speed in making changes.
A public transportation authority was spending millions of dollars a year on proprietary software that was used only to write letters, do presentations and run simple spreadsheets. By moving to OpenOffice.org, the authority was able to save those millions of dollars and spend that money on hiring new cleaners for the transportation system. The manager of the transportation authority said that nobody cared which software was used to type the letters, but that everyone mentioned how the transportation vehicles were being kept very clean. The value was in re-deploying the money that would have been spent on royalties to services people desired.
A company in Rio de Janeiro needed a system that would work in Portuguese, but the software it could buy was only available in English. A free software developer duplicated the functionality of the English-only software using MySQL, Python, FreeGIS software, Gnuplot and other free and open-source software. The combined software was designed to prompt and report in Portuguese, and it cost less to develop than the packaged system. The value was having software in the company's own language and creating a local programming job.
So, you see that the value of the software, as with a boat, cannot be measured by the cost of building it, but by how well it meets the needs of the user. And, although I have seen many, many families that can eat the same can of corn, I have never, even one time, seen exactly the same business problem.
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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls
ll professional education content courses leading to certification shall include teaching and assessment of the Wisconsin Content Standards in the content area.
In this column, list the Wisconsin Content Standards that are included in this course. The Standards for each content area are found in the Wisconsin Content Standards document.
In this column, indicate the nature of the performance assessments used in this course to evaluate student proficiency in each standard.
The structures within the discipline, the historical roots and evolving nature of mathematics, and the interaction between technology and the discipline.
Students use the axiomatic structure to prove results about matrices and vector spaces. Students use graphing calculators or a computer algebra system to calculate determinants and solutions to linear systems of equations. *
Facilitating the building of student conceptual and procedural understanding.
Students show understanding of linear algebra from algebraic and geometric perspectives. Students show procedural understanding by performing computations with linear systems and show conceptual understanding by using properties of those procedures to solve problems about linear systems.*
Helping all students build understanding of the discipline including:
. Confidence in their abilities to utilize mathematical knowledge.
. Awareness of the usefulness of mathematics.
. The economic implications of fine mathematical preparation.
Students integrate their knowledge from previous courses in Algebra with the new matrix and vector space techniques they are learning, and generalize computational procedures to prove general results, gaining confidence in their ability to utilize mathematical knowledge. *
Exploring, conjecturing, examining and testing all aspects of problem solving.
Students make and test conjectures in determining whether defined sets are vector spaces, and whether defined functions are linear transformations. *
Formulating and posing worthwhile mathematical tasks, solving problems using several strategies, evaluating results, generalizing solutions, using problem solving approaches effectively, and applying mathematical modeling to real-world situations.
Students generalize computations and computational procedures to prove generalized results about linear spaces and transformations.
Making convincing mathematical arguments, framing mathematical questions and conjectures, formulating counter-examples, constructing and evaluating arguments, and using intuitive, informal exploration and formal proof.
Students write mathematical arguments and construct counterexamples on linear algebra topics including establishing identities, and identifying vector spaces and linear transformations. *
Expressing ideas orally, in writing, and visually-, using mathematical language, notation, and symbolism; translating mathematical ideas between and among contexts.
Students present their mathematical arguments visually and in writing, using mathematical language and symbolism, Students represent low dimension vector spaces both geometrically and algebraically, and translate between these contexts. *
Connecting the concepts and procedures of mathematics, drawing connections between mathematical strands, between mathematics and other disciplines, and with daily life.
Students use not only the procedure of computing in linear systems, but also use the concepts of the properties of those computations to solve problems (eg. the row reduction properties are used in arguments about determinants and linear independence). Students demonstrate knowledge of connections between geometry and algebra in their work with low dimensional vector spaces. *
Selecting appropriate representations to facilitate mathematical problem solving and translating between and among representations to explicate problem-solving situations.
Students solve problems that involve translating between geometric and algebraic forms of vector spaces. Students use algebraic, geometric and generalized forms of representing vectors and linear transformations in making mathematical arguments. *
Mathematical processes including:
. Problem solving.
. Communication.
. Reasoning and formal and informal argument.
. Mathematical connections.
. Representations.
. Technology.
Students solve problems that require them to relate concrete examples to a generalized context and axiom structure. Students make formal arguments about linear algebra questions. Students communicate their results mathematically; making use of algebraic, geometric and generalized representations. Students use graphing calculators or a computer algebra system to calculate determinants and solutions to linear systems of equations. *
Number operations and relationships from both abstract and concrete perspectives identifying real world applications, and representing and connecting mathematical concepts and procedures including:
. Number sense.
. Set theory.
. Number and operation.
. Composition and decomposition of numbers, including place value, primes, factors, multiples, inverses, and the extension of these concepts throughout mathematics.
. Number systems through the real numbers, their properties and relations.
. Computational procedures.
. Proportional reasoning.
. Number theory.
Students use their numerical and algebraic computation skills in solving linear algebra problems. Students study operations on matrices including inverses of matrices. *
Mathematical concepts and procedures, and the connections among them for teaching upper level number operations and relationships including:
. Advanced counting procedures, including union and intersection of sets, and parenthetical operations.
. Algebraic and transcendental numbers.
. The complex number system, including polar coordinates.
. Approximation techniques as a basis for numerical integration, fractals, and numerical-based proofs.
. Situations in which numerical arguments presented in a variety of classroom and real-world situations (e.g., political, economic, scientific, social) can be created and critically evaluated.
. Opportunities in which acceptable limits of error can be assessed (e.g., evaluating strategies, testing the reasonableness of results, and using technology to carry out computations).
Students perform operations on matrices and vectors, and make mathematical arguments about the results of operations; this contributes to students' higher level understanding of number and operations concepts through investigation of this similar system. This class does not directly address any of the listed sub-topics. *
Geometry and measurement from both abstract and concrete perspectives and to identify real world applications, and mathematical concepts, procedures and connections among them including:
. Formal and informal argument.
. Names, properties, and relationships of two- and three-dimensional shapes.
. Spatial sense.
. Spatial reasoning and the use of geometric models to represent, visualize, and solve problems.
. Transformations and the ways in which rotation, reflection, and translation of shapes can illustrate concepts, properties, and relationships.
. Coordinate geometry systems including relations between coordinate and synthetic geometry, and generalizing geometric principles from a two-dimensional system to a three-dimensional system.
. Concepts of measurement, including measurable attributes, standard and non-standard units, precision and accuracy, and use of appropriate tools.
. The structure of systems of measurement, including the development and use of measurement systems and the relationships among different systems. Measurement including length, area, volume, size of angles, weight and mass, time, temperature, and money.
. Measuring, estimating, and using measurement to describe and compare geometric phenomena.
. Indirect measurement and its uses, including developing formulas and procedures for determining measure to solve problems.
Students use linear algebra techniques to analyze lines, planes and spaces from a vector standpoint, including angle measure relationships and perpendicularity. Students study rotations, reflections and dilations in the context of linear transformations, and translate between the geometric and matrix form of these transformations. Students use vector-defined coordinate systems in two and three dimensions, and more generally in higher dimensions. Students relate some synthetic geometry concepts to the vector coordinate properties. Students use matrix and vector techniques to measure length, area and volume of vector-defined shapes (in particular, lines segments, parallelograms and parallelipipeds). *
Mathematical concepts, procedures, and the connections among them for teaching upper level geometry and measurement including:
. Systems of geometry, including Euclidean, non-Euclidean, coordinate, transformational, and projective geometry.
. Transformations, coordinates, and vectors and their use in problem solving. Three-dimensional geometry and its generalization to other dimensions. Topology, including topological properties and transformations.
. Opportunities to present convincing arguments by means of demonstration, informal proof, counter-examples, or other logical means to show the truth of statements and/or generalizations.
Students use coordinate geometry from a vector perspective. Students apply, analyze and describe linear transformations, vectors, coordinates and coordinate systems. Students solve problems and write mathematical arguments about transformations, coordinates and coordinate systems and vectors. Students use vectors and matrices to analyze and describe lines, planes and subspaces in two, three and higher dimensions. Students create and share mathematical arguments, proofs and counterexamples in the context of vector spaces and linear transformations. *
Statistics and probability from both abstract and concrete perspectives and to identify real world applications, and the mathematical concepts, procedures and the connections between them including:
. Use of data to explore real-world issues.
. The process of investigation including formulation of a problem, designing a data collection plan, and collecting, recording, and organizing data.
. Data representation through graphs, tables, and summary statistics to describe data distributions, central tendency, and variance.
. Analysis and interpretation of data.
. Randomness, sampling, and inference.
. Probability as a way to describe chances or risk in simple and compound events.
. Outcome prediction based on experimentation or theoretical probabilities.
Not assessed in this course.
Mathematical concepts, procedures, and the connections among them for teaching upper level statistics and probability including:
. Use of the random variable in the generation and interpretation of probability distributions.
. Descriptive and inferential statistics, measures of disbursement, including validity and reliability, and correlation.
. Probability theory and its link to inferential statistics.
. Discrete and continuous probability distributions as bases for inference.
. Situations in which students can analyze, evaluate, and critique the methods and conclusions of statistical experiments reported in journals, magazines, news media, advertising, etc.
Not assessed in this course.
Functions, algebra, and basic concepts underlying calculus from both abstract and concrete perspectives and to identify real world applications, and the mathematical concepts, procedures and the connections among them including:
. Patterns.
. Functions as used to describe relations and to model real world situations.
. Representations of situations that involve variable quantities with expressions, equations and inequalities and that include algebraic and geometric relationships.
. Multiple representations of relations, the strengths and limitations of each representation, and conversion from one representation to another.
. Attributes of polynomial, rational, trigonometric, algebraic, and exponential functions.
. Operations on expressions and solution of equations, systems of equations and inequalities using concrete, informal, and formal methods.
. Underlying concepts of calculus, including rate of change, limits, and approximations for irregular areas.
Students use geometric properties (sub-spaces which are parallel or perpendicular or projections onto subspaces) and connect these to the corresponding vector calculations using expressions and equations. Students demonstrate knowledge of linear transformations and their attributes as functions on vector spaces. Students translate between standard and vector forms of equations for lines and planes. Students solve and use systems of linear equations using matrix methods. *
Mathematical concepts, procedures, and the connections among them for teaching upper level functions, algebra, and concepts of calculus including:
. Concepts of calculus, including limits (epsilon-delta) and tangents, derivatives, integrals, and sequences and series.
. Modeling to solve problems.
. Calculus techniques including finding limits, derivatives, integrals, and using special rules.
. Calculus applications including modeling, optimization, velocity and acceleration, area, volume, and center of mass.
. Numerical and approximation techniques including Simpson's rule, trapezoidal rule, Newton's Approximation, and linearization.
. Multivariate calculus.
. Differential equations.
Not assessed in this course.
Discrete processes from both abstract and concrete perspectives and to identify real world applications, and the mathematical concepts, procedures and the connections among them including:
. Counting techniques.
. Representation and analysis of discrete mathematics problems using sequences, graph theory, arrays, and networks.
. Iteration and recursion.
Not assessed in this course.
Mathematical concepts, procedures, and the connections among them for teaching upper level discrete mathematics including:
. Topics, including symbolic logic, induction, linear programming, and finite graphs.
. Matrices as a mathematical system, and matrices and matrix operations as tools for recording information and for solving problems.
. Developing and analyzing algorithms.
Students demonstrate knowledge of matrices computationally and in vector space contexts.
*Students demonstrate their proficiency in these areas on in-class work, homework, quizzes or exam problems.


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Don't lose your internet access on February 27!
OIS, together with ITS, will be activating Network Access Control (NAC) in the buildings listed below on Monday, February 27. If prompted, please follow the steps to download and install the NAC agent onto your computer to get access to the network. Only devices that are "wired" to connect to the network will be affected. Wireless devices will not be affected.
UNC Family Medicine Sponsors 8th Annual Huntley Lecture
The 8th Annual Huntley lecture will be held on Wednesday, March 7. The luncheon will feature a presentation by Thomas S. Inui, MD, ScM, MACP.
Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities Awarded $4.9M to Conduct Interdisciplinary Training
The DHHS's Maternal and Child Health Bureau will give the money to the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) Training Program, part of the CIDD.
Power Outage in Burnett-Womack
There will be a planned electrical power outage on March 10 in the Burnett-Womack Building as part of a five-year check.
Health Informatics Series: Information Security Management - Improvement Needed!
Attendees will learn how carefully managed security programs and structures will reduce the potential for breach occurrences and meet the obligations of regulated environment. They will gain constructive suggestions for information security and technology management.
YOUR HEALTH: Cancer Care & Families with Loretta Muss
This weekend on YOUR HEALTH, Adam and Cristy will be joined by Coordinator of the N.C. Cancer Hospital Patient and Family Advisory Board, Loretta Muss about Cancer Care & Families.
Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds
Peter A Ubel, MD, will present, "The Other End of the Stethoscope: Why Good Decision Making Requires Providers and Patients to Work Together."
Seven School of Medicine faculty members named first Teaching Champions
Frank Church, PhD, Kurt Gilliland, PhD, Edward Kernick, DPM, Marianne Meeker, PhD, Gwendolyn Sancar, PhD, Sarah Street, PhD, and Arrel Toews, PhD were selected as the first cohort of teaching champions.


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"Make dreams, not resolutions" was a slogan I saw in my Twitter stream recently, and I've been quite captivated by the thought. In that spirit, I offer these few words of encouragement as we head into a new year that—despite looming fiscal cliffs and on-going worldwide strife—is, as always, full of hope and new possibilities.
Resolutions are Duties, Dreams are passions
As a planner by nature, I'm a huge believer in setting goals and establishing plans. Yet, oddly enough, this doesn't extend to New Year's resolutions. While resolutions are a type of goal or plan, somehow there's something very downcast and difficult about "resolutions." Too often, they seem to be about "giving up" something, rather than moving toward something with vigor and spirit—a duty or obligation rather than a passion. This is why, I think, resolutions often go by the wayside after only a few days or weeks. They don't elevate our hopes or engage our dreams.
We all can be more organized, or manage our time better, or be more focused, or more responsive, or stop doing this or start doing that. Those are all on our checklist as mature adults—and we should do our best to improve in each area. But in terms of charting a path for the new year, they're not going to truly inspire many of us. What if, instead, our goal was to dream a new dream, or to re-invigorate an old one … even if it's one that might strike some as impractical or unrealistic? Maybe so—but that's ok. It's your passion, and who knows where it might lead?
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25, 2015 7 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Charlotte's Myers Park neighborhood is home to the original Booty Loop. In partnership with presenting sponsor, Levine Cancer Institute, 24 Hours of Booty Charlotte will celebrate its thirteenth year and host 1,200 riders who will raise more than $1.2 million for cancer research and survivorship.
The Booty Loop is in the beautiful Myers Park neighborhood. At the center of it all is Bootyville, our own little city, which also serves as the event headquarters over the 24 hours at Myers Park Traditional School.
2013 Event Photos
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2014 Course Map
Riders set up campsites and canopies where they can sleep, or more importantly, rest and relax with friends off of the bike. The food tent is probably the most popular place outside of the course itself. Along with the three meals plus a midnight pizza party, riders will have access to snacks, energy bars, water and sports drinks. Bootyville also is the site of our expo area where our corporate sponsors set up shop and offer a range of services, including 24-hour bike support, raffles for special items and information about their services.
Along with our national beneficiary, LIVESTRONG™, 24 Hours of Booty supports the Levine Cancer Institute, as well as many other local charities. The organizations are having a tremendous impact on our neighbors battling cancer, and we are proud to be able to support their efforts.
Whether you ride, volunteer, donate or come out to cheer, we hope to see you at 24 Hours of Booty Charlotte!
Remember, all riders are required to meet the $400 fundraising minimum.


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For the first time, Democratic candidate for Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe said he supports the recently-proposed Environmental Protection Agency emissions rules for future coal-fired power plants.
The emissions caps have become an important issue in the Virginia governor's race. GOP opponent Ken Cuccinelli has accused McAuliffe of "waging war on the coal industry" and has been pressing for a reaction to the proposed rules.
When the guidelines were announced Sept. 20, McAuliffe told reporters he needed to review them.
Tuesday, as he toured the offices of a Tysons Corner government contractor, News4's Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey asked McAuliffe whether he had come to any conclusions about the proposed emissions cap.
Initially McAuliffe replied, "We have no permits requested for future plants. I think we have to look at when permits [for new coal plants] come in and how it applies." Then when asked whether he supports the guidelines as they are written, McAuliffe said, "I do. You bet. What I've looked at I support, what we need to do to protect our air and water"
McAuliffe added he wants to protect current coal industry jobs.
"If we have to fight the administration on certain issues that don't make sense for us, we will [fight]," McAuliffe said.
In a statement, Cuccinelli quickly pounced on McAuliffe's remarks. He said that in 2009, in his first run for the Democratic nomination for governor, McAuliffe said he never wanted another coal plant built.
"Today, my opponent finally admitted his full support for the War on Coal by endorsing the EPA's new regulations... It demonstrates my opponent has been deliberately misleading Virginians during this campaign by suggesting he supports the coal industry," Cuccinelli wrote Tuesday.
Cuccinelli has said he is opposed to the proposed guidelines and believes they will cost jobs, especially in Southwest Virginia.


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Friday, July 30, 2010
Breast Cancer church group quilt....
We recently started a quilt ministry at our church, making quilts for people with serious health issues. This is the story of one of the quilts we made.
Our daytime children's ministry director, Tammy, was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, and advised to have a double mastectomy right away. One of the members of the quilt ministry, Cassie, is also a teacher in the daytime children's ministry, so we wanted to be sure to make something extra special and memorable especially for Tammy.
I had recently been feeling a leading to make a quilt in soft pastels, something definitely out of my comfort zone, and realized that this color palette would be perfect for Tammy. I had a charm pack of Moda's Kashmir II that I had picked up a while back, so I unearthed it and paired it with some pastel solids from my fabric stash. Using a disappearing nine-patch pattern, I created this simple soft pastel quilt.
While I was working on piecing the top of the quilt, Cassie took the back to the children's classes. Each child's hand was traced on the quilt back, with his or her name inscribed inside the outline. This gave us a quilt back that would be very personal and special to Tammy, plus it made the children feel like part of the process too! The assembled quilt sandwich was quilted with straight line quilting on either side of the seam lines - it gives it a simple grid-like pattern that doesn't detract from the simplicity of the pattern itself.
The completed quilt was given to Tammy at the children's graduation celebration. I'm pleased to say that Tammy is doing very well and is hopefully on her way to making a complete recovery! Our quilt ministry is as much a blessing to those of us who participate in creating the quilts as we hope it is to the people who receive them. It's a wonderful thing to be able to do what you love and help others at the same time!
Sarah, good luck to your friend Tammy. What a sweet gift to give to a friend in a scary place in life. Thanks for sharing your story...
Linking at http://www.amylouwho.com/
8 comments:
- P. said...
Sarah, that is such a lovely quilt and lovely gesture for a friend in need! I'm glad to hear she is having a good recovery. May your quilt ministry continue to bless and be blessed!
- July 30, 2010 at 7:40 AM
- Larri said...
Beautiful quilt and beautiful story! I'm happy your friend is recovering well. Thanks for sharing. Happy Sewing! :o)
- July 30, 2010 at 10:25 AM
- Jan M said...
A lovely quilt made even more beautiful by the story behind it. I love the many quilting, stitching and knitting ministries at various churches. Thank you for sharing with us!
- July 30, 2010 at 11:17 AM
- p.s.phyllis sews said...
Beautiful story and what a great way to get the kids to share in the caring for their church leader!
- July 30, 2010 at 11:57 AM
- Quiltpiecer said...
Such a lovely quilt and beautiful quilt story ... thank you for sharing.
- July 30, 2010 at 12:30 PM
- Ron Cooper said...
Beautiful quilt!
Happy summer!
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- July 30, 2010 at 3:13 PM
- Unknown said...
I can only hope the quilt I am making for my daughter's carer who had just been diagnosed with ovarian cancer is half as lovely. I too am using the kids hands, although slightly differently. I've only just started, but you can check out my progress at the link below.
- July 31, 2010 at 4:46 AM
- Rene Sharp said...
Another touching story & beautiful quilt. Hoping your friend recovers quickly!
- August 1, 2010 at 12:25 AM


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Thus far the ongoing solar storm which has blanketed Earth for the last 24 hours has been something of a damp squib, with no widespread problems reported. However space weathermen are warning of another "coronal mass ejection" particle squall inbound to our planet having been belched out by the Sun in the early hours of this morning.
According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center, the current storm is nearly over. This morning's bulletin, issued at 08:45 GMT, says:
G1 (Minor) to G3 (Strong) storm levels are expected for at least another 6 hours. The radiation storm that is in progress is abating, falling to the S2 (Moderate) level and dropping rapidly.
G3, as we see here on the official space Beaufort scale, is really of concern only to the crew of the International Space Station and those operating satellites: spacecraft in low orbit can expect increased drag effects, and may have to fire their engines to maintain speed. On Earth, there could be ongoing issues with sat-nav and HF radio, but these should all disappear soon if they even occur.
But it may not be time to whip the tinfoil off your sensitive electronics just yet. The bulletin continues:
In the meantime, a new event is grabbing our attention. When Region 1429 was pointed directly at Earth, it unleashed an R2 (Moderate) solar flare at 0353 UTC March 9 (10:53 p.m. EST March 8) and an associated coronal mass ejection now beginning its journey towards Earth. Analysis is pending to determine the expected arrival time and resulting geomagnetic storm intensity.
So the ongoing storm may have a "sting in its tail", it seems.
That said, the Sun goes through activity peaks of the sort now occurring every 11 years without major difficulties, and this maximum is rather a weak one as these things go. Some physicists think the Sun may be headed into a lengthy quiet period decades long, perhaps with significant consequences for humanity in space and the climate of planet Earth. ®


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This story was first published Feb. 1, 2009
When the crime scene tape came down outside 1702 De Sousa Pl. almost a year ago, Jeff Buziak walked into the empty bedroom where his daughter Lindsay was slain, sat on the floor, and wept.
He was devastated, like many family and friends of the slain 24-year-old real estate agent. But a year later, much of that sadness has turned to anger and frustration -- not at police, who have yet to find her killer, but at some people in Victoria who Buziak's father feels are holding back her case.
"I believe there are people in this community who either know what went on, or parts of what went on, and they are not coming forward," he told the Times Colonist. "I don't know how they live with themselves, I really don't.
"The community is letting police down. The killer, or killers, are out there somewhere. There are people in this community that... have to know who did it and they're not coming forward. I've stopped blaming the police."
Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of Buziak's death. She was viciously stabbed in an upscale home in Saanich's Gordon Head neighbourhood.
That Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008, she received a call from a woman with a foreign accent, who wanted to schedule a showing for the million-dollar home around 5:30 p.m.
The woman was reportedly eager to buy that day. Later, Buziak got a call from a man who said he'd meet with her alone. By all accounts, the scenario left Buziak nervous. She asked her live-in boyfriend Jason Zailo, also a real estate agent, to check on her later at the house. Nevertheless, she went to the home and was attacked.
Around 6:15 p.m. police received a 9-1-1 call from one of two people outside the house. The caller asked police to check on Buziak. Minutes later, police answered a second 9-1-1 call from a person now inside the home, asking for medical help.
It has been widely reported that Zailo was one of the people who found Buziak's body and called 9-1-1. However, police refuse to confirm that fact, saying only that the two witnesses have been co-operative. Regardless, days later, Zailo was asked back to the crime scene with his lawyer to reconstruct events.
Police pored over Buziak's life -- interviewing her friends, previous boyfriends, family and work colleagues. To date, detectives have interviewed 1,471 people, said Insp. Rob McColl, head of the major crime unit. Some interviews were conducted in B.C., others in cities such as Calgary.
Officers have chased down 752 tips and executed 30 search warrants looking for evidence, McColl said. They searched the Songhees condo where Buziak and Zailo lived, and collected dozens of footprints from real estate agents and clients, in an attempt to weed out suspects from legitimate prospective buyers who had toured the home.
Yet the killing remains unsolved. Police consider it a "whodunit," not a simple "smoking gun" homicide, McColl said. "It's common that these investigations are measured in years, not months."
Police aren't yet willing to divulge if they have a suspect, saying the focus remains on putting together the most detailed and accurate case they can, to ensure success if and when it goes to court.
A year ago, Saanich police said public tips weren't needed to solve the case. A month after the killing, the family considered putting up a reward, but police told them they had sufficient information and there was no need to do so. Now, after a year of trying, the department admits it could use help.
"We think some of the people we've talked to may have gone away and since learned additional information," said Sgt. John Price, Saanich police spokesman.
"We've talked to 1,400-odd people and they've given us a level of information -- some of them have shared completely, some of them have shared partly," McColl added. "There are people who were probably expecting police to knock on their door and say, 'What do you know about this?' Perhaps we haven't got to that for a variety of reasons ... and we want to talk to those people. Don't wait. Talk to police now."
Detectives stay in regular contact with Jeff Buziak, who lives in Calgary, and Lindsay's mother Evelyn Reitmayer in Victoria. At first, Jeff Buziak said he was angry at police for not making an arrest. But with time, he said, he came to appreciate they were trying as best they could.
"We're all sitting around being armchair quarterbacks watching CSI and The First 48, and these type of [TV crime] shows, and criticizing what they should or shouldn't do, asking who done it, speculating, and nobody's doing anything about [helping]," he said.
"The police are working hard. I see what they're going through. I see at their desk, they have pictures of my daughter they look at every morning." He said he's seen officers cry while talking about his daughter's case.
Jeff Buziak's plea for someone to come forward echoes a similar plea he made at his daughter's funeral on Feb. 9, 2008 -- but to no avail. Standing in front of the 650 people spilling out of St. Andrew's Cathedral downtown, Buziak said: "If there's anyone here who had anything to do with this horrible act, please come up to the front right now. This will be your only chance for forgiveness."
Lindsay Buziak's mother will spend tomorrow holding a low-key celebration of her daughter's life, said Art Reitmayer, Buziak's uncle and a family spokesman. Lindsay was a vivacious young woman, full of life, with a wide stable of loyal friends, he said. Sometimes all that she was gets lost in the coverage of her death, said Reitmayer.
Police "have their theories" but don't share them with the family, he said. There is hope that detectives can eventually make an arrest. "Can I say today that I'm 100 per cent confident that will be the case? No," Reitmayer said. "In order for something like this to get resolved, it requires a whole bunch of different pieces to come into place.
"We all have to be somewhat patient. It is working its way through, but it is a fairly complicated case, and I know if there's anything more out there, it would certainly benefit the situation if people would come forward."
Both sides of Buziak's family resent the rumours that continue to swirl about her death.
"She didn't do drugs," her father said.
"I try not to put too much weight on [rumours]. I try to listen to everything. I've been really struggling inside not to make my own conclusions and decisions about who did it, who didn't do it, as far as I'm concerned everybody to me is a suspect. As far as I'm concerned, no one is eliminated from my mind, and I struggle to keep my mind open all the time."
Police were quick to squash rumours that another police force has stalled the murder investigation because it is connected to a more important case. "It's not true, no other police agency is directing this organization," McColl said.
Rumours flourish in the absence of solid information, but McColl said it would be inappropriate to share any working theories about why Buziak was killed.
"Why she was killed goes to the absolute core of this [case], and goes to motive. And there's no way I can go to motive. So I'm sorry but there's no way I can answer that."
Police also refuse to discuss Buziak's boyfriend, Zailo. One side of the family thinks he's been comforting and co-operative, Reitmayer said.
"My family never had any reason to feel that relationship was questionable," Reitmayer said. "It's unfortunate people don't wait until a final determination is rendered and somebody is arrested before they start believing the worst of somebody."
Buziak's father said Zailo won't talk to him.
A real estate agent in the West Shore, Zailo briefly returned a call from the Times Colonist but said he couldn't agree to an interview until he asked permission from Buziak's family. He did not call back. His lawyer, Bradley Hickford, said any questions would be better answered by police.
Numerous friends contacted by the Times Colonist either did not return calls or did not want to comment.
The two women who were the listed real estate agents for the De Sousa Place home -- but were never called by the mysterious woman with the foreign accent -- say they still think about their slain colleague.
"It was all the buzz for the first six months, and we were just commenting the other day we don't hear a thing anymore," said Laurie Lidstone.
"Honestly, it's weird, but it's almost like it didn't happen," said Nancy DiCastri. "Nobody talks about it."
The killing sparked calls for increased safety among real estate agents who show homes alone, but police have said they don't believe Buziak was targeted because she worked in real estate.
At its peak, Saanich police had 20 officers working her case. During the year, 89 officers have helped investigate at one point or another. Five senior detectives continue to investigate full time. Last summer, the RCMP audited the Saanich murder file to ensure the investigation was up to standards. McColl called the results "favourable."
But no matter how many officers are scouring for clues, in the end, Buziak's family says it may never be able to move on from her death.
"It's horrendous," Reitmayer said. "As you can imagine, everything in this whole situation is so heinous because you have this young, promising individual whose life is taken and the natural order of things is totally thrown off, and we have no understanding of why.
"All of that weighs heavily on [Buziak's mother]. It's tough enough to deal with the loss of a child when you understand it.
"Losing a child when you have no idea why ... you can't understand it.
"Closure never comes, it is just time that makes it a little easier to talk about. Certainly the understanding of why, or for whatever reason [she was killed] is one of those things that helps in the healing process. We're just not at that stage."
Meanwhile, Buziak's father said he fantasizes about the "gutless cowards who committed this crime come and face me without their guns and knives and bravado." His words are full of anger and his face flushes as he speaks. Later, as he calms, he offers a more sober assessment.
"I think the best thing we can hope for is get a conviction. But nothing will help my grief."
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Lindsay Buziak Homicide Case Timeline
Feb. 2, 2008: Lindsay Buziak, a real estate agent with Re/Max Camosun, receives a call from a woman with a foreign accent. The woman asks Buziak to show her an empty home at 1702 De Sousa Pl. around 5:30 p.m. Later, Buziak reportedly receives a call from a man who says he'll be the one meeting her, alone.
Feb. 2, 2008, 6:15 p.m.: Two people visit the empty house. Friends say one is Buziak's boyfriend and fellow real estate agent Jason Zailo, although police have refused to confirm this. One person calls 9-1-1 from outside and asks police to check on Buziak. Minutes later, police receive another 9-1-1 call from a person inside asking for medical help. Buziak is found stabbed to death against a wall in an upstairs bedroom.
Feb. 6, 2008: Zailo returns to the crime scene with his lawyer. As police videotape him, he walks officers through the home and answers their questions.
Feb. 7, 2008: The Buziak family briefly addresses the media through Lindsay's uncle Art Reitmayer, who says there is too much speculation swirling and the family is satisfied with the police investigation.
Feb. 9, 2008: Family and friends gather for Buziak's funeral at the St. Andrew's Cathedral in Victoria. During the service, her father Jeff Buziak asks anyone who knew anything about the murder to come forward to police.
Feb. 12, 2008: Police deny reports they used search warrants to access the Songhees condo where Buziak and Zailo lived. Police say they searched the residence, but didn't necessarily need a warrant. It is the last news conference into the case. Saanich police tell media outlets there will be no further updates and ask the family not to speak to the media.
Jan. 30, 2009: Saanich police Insp. Rob McColl, head of the detective division, reveals some of what police have done in the last year, including interviewing 1,471 people, following up on 752 tips and executing 30 search warrants. Some detective work was done outside B.C., although McColl won't say where. Five senior detectives are working the file full time. There is no mention of suspects or motive.
Feb. 2, 2009: The one-year anniversary of Buziak's murder. Her family says they'll gather to remember her privately, but have turned down requests to speak at a news conference.
Feb. 3, 2009: Saanich police are expected to hold a news conference to further update the public on the case.
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House remains unsold one year after slaying; The property Lindsay Buziak was trying to sell when she was killed is still on the market, listed at $949,900
Despite a laundry list of high-end features, the house at 1702 De Sousa Pl. where Lindsay Buziak was killed remains a tough property to sell.
It is plagued by "residual issues," said Don Linge, an Esquimalt lawyer who represents Leauni Holdings Inc., the company that holds title to much of the surrounding subdivision.
Presumably, those residual issues stem from a torrent of unwanted negative publicity as camera crews and reporters broadcast from outside the murder scene last year.
Buziak was found dead in an empty upstairs bedroom. At the time, she had been trying to sell the house for $964,900. The five-bedroom luxury house, with four bathrooms, hardwood floors, ceramic tile and granite countertops, is described as a "dream home" on online listings.
Despite the negative press, the asking price has dipped just $15,000 -- that's less than two per cent of the original price. It's now listed at $949,900.
"If anybody wants to buy it, it's still for sale," said Linge.
At the time of Buziak's killing, Re/Max Camosun, the company she worked for, dropped the listing. Real estate agents across the country pledged to increase safety and develop monitoring systems for agents who show homes alone.
Re/Max Camosun has since reconnected with the property. Agent Adrian Langereis now displays the listing on his website. He did not return a call for comment.
According to a B.C. property search, two local construction companies have liens on the house for unpaid bills.
Leauni Holdings Inc., the title owner, is run by Joseph De Sousa, a local developer whose name adorns the cul-de-sac on which the subdivision is built. He also did not return a request for comment.
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Anyone with information about the death of Lindsay Buziak is asked to call the Saanich Police Department tip line at
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When Spain were dealt an embarrassing group stage exit a jet was chartered to fly their players back to Madrid as soon as a flight path could be cleared. Just a matter of hours after their final game against Australia, the Spanish squad was at São Paulo International Airport, perusing the Duty Free and the Hudson News shelves.
It wasn't an unusual tack. England too arrived back in Manchester the very next morning after their last obligation in Brazil. Soccer players generally don't wish to dwell on their failures. Instead they would rather be poolside in Dubai, sipping a sickly-sweet cocktail with a pair of oversized headphones draped around their neck.
But while Brazil and the Netherlands' respective World Cup dreams were crushed earlier this week, they're being kept at the tournament against their will until Saturday.
The two countries will compete the third-place playoff game in Brasília ahead of the showpiece event in Rio de Janeiro 24 hours later. Technically speaking, it should be the second most important game in international soccer (behind the final, of course) but it is a mere footnote in the grand scheme of the tournament.
Ask yourself, how vividly can you remember what happened in the last third-place playoff game, at the 2010 World Cup? Sure, Diego Forlan's flying volley made the tournament highlight reel, with five goals shared between Germany and Uruguay, but what else can you truly recall from that game in Port Elizabeth?
Indeed, the third-place playoff game is almost always forgettable and ultimately meaningless. It is the only World Cup fixture that has absolutely no bearing on the eventual winner.
Unsurprisingly, the calls for the fixture to be scrapped are loud, with Dutch coach Louis Van Gaal leading the rally.
"This match should never be played," growled a clearly irked Van Gaal following the Netherlands' semi-final exit to Argentina. "I've been saying that for 10 years. It's unfair. There's only one prize, one award that counts, and that is becoming World champion."
So why hasn't FIFA scrapped the much-maligned third-place game?
A crowd of 91,000 was drawn to the third-place game at the Rose Bowl for the 1994 World Cup, giving us an idea of why the concept has been played at every tournament since 1950.
It is an extra game for FIFA to sell. For FIFA to sell tickets, to sell television rights and to sell merchandising. As far as the tournament organizers are concerned, it's a good way to fill the three empty days on the schedule between the semi-finals and the final.
The third-place playoff has been a part of the World Cup on all but two occasions since the tournament's inception in 1930. It borrows its essence from Olympic culture, where bronze is treated as a genuine achievement. In soccer only gold matters.
All this isn't to say that third-place playoff games aren't entertaining spectacles. At least three goals have been scored in all but three such fixtures, as the pressure and strain that comes with a World Cup is partially relieved.
However, it's not a completely futile exercise. Salvatore Schillaci, Davor Suker and Thomas Müller will all attest to as much, with all three players securing the Golden Shoe award with goals in the third-place playoff game.
It can also warp the tone of a team's tournament, as van Gaal is all too aware. Despite their semi-final exit the Netherlands has enjoyed a successful World Cup, coming within a penalty shootout of making the final when so many expected them to wither in the group.
But as van Gaal points out, a second defeat in the space of just a few days could change the reception with which his side is met when they return home. "The worst thing is I believe that, chances are, you lose twice in a row and a tournament where you've played so marvelously well you'll leave as a loser after losing the last two matches," the Manchester United boss-in-waiting protested.
The converse effect can take hold, though. For Brazil, Saturday's game in Brasília does present the prospect of scant redemption.
In the space of 90 minutes the World Cup went from being Brazil's pride to its shame. The 7-1 semi-final defeat to Germany will linger long in the Brazilian psyche, but they can at least end their tournament on a higher note against the Netherlands. Even if Saturday's game is little more than a glorified exhibition.
There was a scenario that could have changed the dynamic of the third-place playoff game at this World Cup. Had Argentina, rather than Holland, dropped into the consolation fixture with Brazil a contest to rival the final would have been dealt. Alas, there was to be no such eventuality.
Perhaps the human aspect of the third-place playoff game shouldn't be neglected. In 2006, it gave German legend Oliver Kahn the opportunity to bid his final farewell in front of 52,000 fans in Stuttgart. Sweden seemed to embrace the extra fixture, scoring four goals in the first half against Bulgaria on the eve of the 1994 final in Los Angeles.
Swedish goalkeeper Thomas Ravelli celebrated by cartwheeling across his box while the ball was still in play at the other end of the pitch. Such exuberance from Júlio César or Jasper Cillessen (or even Tim Krul) Saturday seems unlikely. This is the game nobody other than FIFA wants to play.
Graham Ruthven is a soccer writer covering a wide range of subjects across the sport for outlets like The New York Times, ESPN, MSN, Eurosport, and Scottish TV, among others. He is a curator of football shirt (the more garish the better), an apostle of Dimitar Berbatov, and still maintains Dennis Bergkamp didn't mean it. You can follow him on Twitter,@grahamruthven.
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A couple of days ago I received this email from Miriam at SolasDesign and my first thought was: what rich Google irony:
Hey Mike,
I was doing a search in Google today for 'google+ local error 500' and one of the results Google returned was this page of your site: Google + Page '500 error bug' work around.
Bizarrely, when I clicked on the link, I was redirected to a page of pornography at http://youdon'treallywanttoseeit.com. I immediately hit the back button.
Even stranger, when I re-clicked the link in the SERPs, I was taken to your page correctly. I am not terribly educated on the awful topic of hacking, and I've never encountered any information about something that could intermittently do malicious re-directs, but I wanted to let you know about this ASAP. I haven't ever seen something like this happen before, but hopefully, your team can figure out if your site has been compromised in some way. So sorry about this. It's awful.
My immediate second thought was that my down home farmland wp theme that Mike Ramsey loves so much had been hacked. When Linda Buquet and Brandon Monchamp contacted me with similar stories I was convinced of it. However none of the external malware test tools from Google or Sucuri could find anything.
I contacted Sucuri (who does a great job of site security by the way) and learned that the reality was worse. The cPanel server hosting my site had fallen victim to a new Apache kernel hack: Linux/Cdorked:
In fact, Linux/Cdorked.A is one of the most sophisticated Apache backdoors we have seen so far. Although we are still processing the data, our Livegrid system reports hundreds of compromised servers. The backdoor leaves no traces of compromised hosts on the hard drive other than its modified httpd binary, thereby complicating forensics analysis. All of the information related to the backdoor is stored in shared memory. The configuration is pushed by the attacker through obfuscated HTTP requests that aren't logged in normal Apache logs. This means that no command and control information is stored anywhere on the system.
The only tell tale signs were the external reports of redirects to porn sites on Google searches. The symptoms that Miriam described are in fact diagnostic which is my reason for sharing them here. Forewarned is forearmed. Apparently this hack "exploits the fact that cPanel doesn't use a packaging system to install Apache".
Hopefully you will not suffer the same fate and if you do you will know what it was quicker than I. The servers were taken down last night for the patch and cleansed. Thanks to all that alerted me to issues.Linux/Cdorked: A Nasty New Apache Hack by Mike Blumenthal